Cartridge-feed for firearms.



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CARTRIDGE FEED FOB FIREARMS.

APPLICATION II IJHJ JUNE 19, 1-907.

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APPLIOATION FILED JUNE 19, 1907.

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- 17 SHEETB-SHEBT 1'1- 4' 274% MW I zine bolt rifles. After all the cartridges in the clip are fired the clip is ejected through an opening I. The next clip of eartrid es then tends to come intothe loading cham erbut is prevented from so doing by the presence of the lever H in the position shown in dotted lines in Fig. 1 In order to allow the next clip to come into the loadin position, it is therefore necessary-to return t 10 lever'H to the position shown in full lines in Fig. 1

and for this purpose a pin or handle H may be attached to, the lever H so that the latter can be conveniently depressed by the thumb.

Instead of returning the lever H by hand as just described, this 0 eration may be done automatically in the 1'0 owing manner :-An

arm J (Figs. 1 and 4) is )ivoted at'II so as to move with the lever I; attached to the arm J is a spring J having a projection J;

such as K attached to the rifle.

shaped substantially as. shown, adapted to ass through a slot L cut in the side of the oading chamber of the rifle. A spring or guide K is supported on a suitable bracket (1' J 'tends to move outward and the spring II inward with respect to thebarrel, as is indicated by the small arrows. After all the cartridges in a given clip have been fired the lever H reaches the position shown in dotted lines in Fig. 1, and consequently, and also on account of the particular shape of the spring K the projection J 2 on the spring J attached position in the loadin chamber.- To pre vent the parts J and}? from freeing them selves too earl in their rearward movement,

they have inc ined engaging faces j and casshown.

In the modification of the magazine rifle already described the empty all s are ejected through a slot I in the side 'of t 1e magazine. Instead of this,-the clips may be allowed to dro through aslot in the baseof themagazine an in this case a cut-off must be provided to revent the next clip of cartridges being iorced on to the empty clip and so jam the latter in the magazine. In the modifications about to be described (illustrated in Figs. 5 to 10) various forms of such cut-oil devices are shown.

Referring to Figs. 5 and 6, the magazine rifle in this case is provided with two cut-offs one II at the top and the other H at the' bottom of the magazine. The loading lever- II is operated by a double sprin I-l supported on a spindle II about whic 1 the cutoff H rotates. The cut-ofl H -is provided with a pin H which passes between the two The spri portions-of the double spring H". On de pressing the loading lever H b means, for example, of the handle H, the ouble spring H is flattened down to the bottom of the magazine and the pin H" on the cut-off II is consequently forced down with 'it. On releasing the loading lever raised b the under half of the spring and the loaring lever b v the upper half. The up er cut-off H is pivoted at H and IS prov ldiad with an arm I" to the end of'which is pivoted the end of a link II". The other end of the link II" is provided with a slot H" in which can move a pin I on the end of an arm H on the loading lever II. The link H"'and slot H are arranged in such a o'sition that a pull is exerted on the arm "of the cut-off only when the loading lever is near its lowest oint that is to say at the moment when tli e loading lever is in such a position that a new clip of cartridges can come into place. The arm H" of the cut-oil- H is pressed upward b a spring H and consequently the cut-o always tends to come into 0 rative position. A slot in the side of the barrel is shown into which the cut-oil can beraised' when the next clig of cartridges is coming into position. he

H, the cut-oil is empty ,clips fall through a slot D in the base of the magazineD. A pin IP'may be provided on the end of the cut-oil prevent the lower end of the clip moving forward as the cartridges are fed into the chamber of therifle. a

In the modification of this invention shown in 7 a device is employed for keeping the cartridges in their. horizontal position so that the nose of the bullet rises level with the loading chamber and a'c'ut-oif device is also provided. The loading lever H- is ressed upward by a spring H, as described in connection with the first modification of a magazine rifle constructed according to this invention. Pivoted to the end of the loading lever i is a platform H having its end rounded so that the rim of the cartridge may ride over it. 'A spring I-' is provi ed beneath this platform, as shown. As already referred to, this platform brin' s the nose of the bullet of the cartridge level with the chamber of the rifle. The position of the platform H when the loading'lever has risen to its highest position is shown in the chain lines in Fig. -7.

The side of the platform H has a projection H" which acts as a cut-oil, the empty clips falling through a slot D.

In the modification shown in Fig. 8, bottom and top cutoil's are provided, these'being in the form of clips which engage the cartridges; The lower clip is a roje'ction H 'on-an arm H pivoted about I. Workin in a slot on the end ofthe arm II is a H on the end of an L-shaped arm II", the other end I of this L-shaped arm forming the upper clip. The arm H is provided 

